Jane Barlow Harris
May 1859 - 1936
Weekly Ancestor Challenge
Week 6
February 7, 2014

By all accounts, Jane Barlow Harris was a shrew.  Not many people have anything good to say about her. They adored her husband and said that he was "a good man".

On the 1910 census, Elizabeth Barlow [nee Howell] was listed as 1/4 Indian, her daughter Jane Harris [Barlow] is listed as 1/8 and Jane's children are listed as 1/16.  William Harris, son of Jane Barlow Harris, is listed as 1/16th and his wife Elmyra is listed as full?.  The children of William and Elmyra are listed as 1/3.

8/30/04 From Reecie Mims:
Aunt Reecie:

6/7/05 Interview with Clarence Harris

Do you remember any of this or hearing about any of it?

From Clarence Harris:    Jane was a tall slender woman. She looked like her daughter, Betty but with darker skin. She was said to be Seminole Indian.
From Reecie Mims:  I don't remember what she looked like.  I have the idea that she was a small, wiry person like Mama Nonie. I think they were all quick witted, sharp tongued, etc.  I think the Seminole Indian part is correct; because I remember Mama (Nonie) going to Florida to visit some little old Indian women who where related (aunts, I think).  I think Peggy drove Mama to Florida (Mama was not driving at that time.)  This was during the time Mama was trying to prove her Indian ancestery to receive the "Indian Money".   ha.
William was away during the week at a logging camp. Jane and the boys had to do all the farming. After she had cooked a meal and everyone had eaten, she would lock the food in a pantry and put the key in her pocket. She did not allow any eating between meals.
From Reecie Mims:  I've never heard this story before.
Earnest and Janie always came by and drank up all of her coffee. One day when Janie was pregnant with C.C. they came by. Jane saw them coming and poured out the coffee and hid the coffee pot so they couldn't have any.
From Reecie Mims:  I remember Uncle Earnest and Aunt Janie. Aunt Janie was sharp tongued, also.
One day two of the boys were fighting in the front yard. Jane ran out to seperate them. One of them had a batteling stick. Jane was hit with this stick and knocked out. The boys threw water on her to bring her to. She hid the stick under the doorsteps to show William when he came home that weekend. When she went to get it, it was gone.
From Reecie Mims:  I don't remember this story either.
Jane was living with her daughter Mattie when she died, which was shortly after William. She walked everywhere she went. She went often to the cemetery to visit William's grave.  ( from Clarrisa Harris: The day she died she was on her way back from the cemetery. It was a very hot day and she had gotten large blisters on her feet from the hot road. She died from heat exhaustion. If it had not started to rain, she probably would have died in the road.)
From Reecie Mims:  I remember when they were old that they walked from our house to Aunt Mattie's house.   They seemed to be in good health when they were very old.
Jane had a long nose. After her death, while laying on the cooling table, P.J. Stabler tweeked her nose and looked under the quarters that covered her eyes.
From Reecie Mims:  I don't remember her being tall and slender; nor do I remember a long nose.   I have a vague memory of them (don't know if it what I saw or heard); however, I don't believe P. J. tweeked her nose; because P. J. is/was younger than I .  I believe he died last year; and I think he was only 70-71. [NOTE: P.J. Stabler was born Dec 1929]
From Clarrisa Harris;   Jane did not like Clarrisa. She worked through Tom's brothers to give Clarrisa a hard time. She and Tom were at Janes house shortly after their first child was born. The baby was laying in front of the fireplace on a blanket. William came in and talked to Clarrisa a few minuets. When William left the room, Jane came over and asked Clarrisa " What ya trying to do? See what he's made of?"
From Reecie Mims:  I don't know anything about this; it seems to me that she would have been old enough by now (married children) not to make a big deal out of a daughter-in-law talking to her husband.   But some people are short tempered.    Reecie

Jackie:    A note in my files:     Andrew & Frank Barlow, Baghdad, FL
These may have been relatives of Jane Barlow Harris; because, Mama went to Fl to see her elderly Indian aunts.

Many family histories list Jane Barlow as Laura Jane Barlow.  No one in my family has ever heard the name Laura in connection with Jane Barlow who married William Harris.  Also, many histories list William as William Dale.  Again, my family has never heard of William Dale and we believe his name to be William Henry Harris.



Notes for JANE BARLOW:

1910 - U. S. Census Indian Population of Monroe County Mt. Pleasant

Its is of interest that Jane Barlow Harris is listed as being 1/8th Indian. Her children where also counted in this census and listed as being 1/16th Creek Indian. It is also note worthy that Henry Harris's wife Elmira Bohannon was listed as a questionable Full Blooded Creek Indian, but showing their children as being 1/32.



1910 - U.S. Census Indian Population of Monroe County, Mt. Pleasant, AL
Jane Barlow Harris is listed as being 1/8 Indian.  Her children were also counted in this census and listed as being 1/16 Creek Indian.

Barlow, Jane, age 46, female, born in SC

I know the Barlows. They are Thad, Euriah and Bob Barlow.  They were good people but white people with no indian at all. per Thomas Tate Tunstall 2/6/1908



Elizabeth Barlow in entry for Jennie Harriss, "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974"
Name:     Jennie Harriss
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Event Date:     18 Sep 1936
Event Place:     Mount Pleasant, Monroe, Alabama
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Age (Original):     77y
Birth Year (Estimated):     1859
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Spouse's Name:     William Harriss
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Father's Name:     Alex Barlow
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Mother's Name:     Elizabeth Barlow
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GS Film number:     1908545
Reference ID:     cn 22232
Sources


"Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDRH-6Y8 : accessed 10 Feb 2014), Elizabeth Barlow in entry for Jennie Harriss, 18 Sep 1936; citing reference cn 22232, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1908545.